נָדַףnâdaph
drive, drive asunder
Pronunciation: naw-daf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5086
Meanings
Qal: drive about (Job 32:13; Psalms 1:4; Psalms 68:3)
Niph`al: be driven, driven about (Isaiah 19:7; Psalms 68:3; Leviticus 26:36)
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 26:36 “And for those of you who survive, I will demoralize you in the land of your enemies. You will live in such fear that the sound of a leaf driven by the wind will send you fleeing. You will run as though fleeing from a sword, and you will fall even when no one pursues you.
- Job 13:25 Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind? Would you chase dry straw?
- Job 32:13 And don’t tell me, ‘He is too wise for us. Only God can convince him.’
- Psalms 1:4 But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.
- Psalms 68:2 Blow them away like smoke. Melt them like wax in a fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
- Proverbs 21:6 Wealth created by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).